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IN RE AIR CRASH DISASTER NEAR CHICAGO, MAY 25, 1979

No. 85-1224.

803 F.2d 304 (1986)

In re AIR CRASH DISASTER NEAR CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ON MAY 25, 1979. Lora LUX, Widow and Personal Representative of Walter H. Lux, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. McDONNELL DOUGLAS CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 9, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman J. Barry, Rothschild Barry & Myers, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellant.

William J. Harte, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before WOOD, Circuit Judge, ESCHBACH, Senior Circuit Judge, and CAMPBELL, Senior District Judge.

ESCHBACH, Senior Circuit Judge.

Defendant McDonnell Douglas Corp. ("MDC") appeals from a judgment of $3,000,000 for plaintiff Lora Lux in this wrongful death action governed by Arizona law. The primary issues presented in this appeal are: (1) whether evidence relating to the plaintiff's receipt of insurance proceeds should have been admitted; (2) whether evidence of the decedent's income tax liability should have been admitted; and (3) whether the jury should have...

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